February 27, 2009

I have just returned from my second visit to Birmingham’s Social Media Cafe, and once again I got to meet a bunch of interesting people from a host of different backgrounds; people I wouldn’t usually get to meet in the closed world of academia. However, whilst I enjoy Birmingham’s Social Media Cafe, I can’t help but wish there was a Wolverhampton equivalent. It’s great talking to Birmingham people, but I would also welcome the opportunity to meet some more local people.

With a population of 250,000 Wolverhampton seems likely to be very capable of sustaining its own social media cafe, however I have no idea whether anyone else in the area would be interested in attending/organising such a group. So the question is, is anyone interested in a Wolverhampton Social Media Cafe? In the words of BSMC

“a place for people interested in social media to gather, get acquainted, chat, plot, scheme, and share.”